Boss Rock Posted September 25, 2019 Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 NJPW desperately needs more tag teams, bring 'em in full time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superkix Posted September 25, 2019 Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 Liger/Suzuki has to be one of the most anticipated matches of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Migs Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 16 hours ago, Boss Rock said: NJPW desperately needs more tag teams, bring 'em in full time! The Rock'n'Rolls in the World Tag League would be intriguingly bizarre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstar Sleeze Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 I cant believe I am going to see the Rock N Roll Express for the first time live tomorrow! 2019 in New Japan! Wow fucking bizarre! I am pretty pumped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KawadaSmile Posted September 27, 2019 Report Share Posted September 27, 2019 11 hours ago, Migs said: The Rock'n'Rolls in the World Tag League would be intriguingly bizarre. Watch as they outwork everyone with ease Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted September 27, 2019 Report Share Posted September 27, 2019 The Rock'n Roll Express are cool as a novelty act having decent matches at 60 if paired up with some great tag teams like the Briscoes or LAX. People pop for Ricky Morton doing Canadian Destroyers, which is as crazy as Terry Funk doing a moonsault. But come on now. The one thing interesting would be to see Ricky interact with Chase Owens, as it's been told a billion time that he's been trained by him (they even kinda made it an angle of sorts during the G1, with Chase requesting Kevin Kelly to stop mentioning it) Watched ZSJ vs Tanahashi, these guys can have a terrific match in their sleep while taking zero risk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMKK Posted September 27, 2019 Report Share Posted September 27, 2019 22 hours ago, Migs said: The Rock'n'Rolls in the World Tag League would be intriguingly bizarre. I hope they throw Ospreay and Eagles in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 On 9/25/2019 at 12:57 AM, FMKK said: Agree, although the Ospreay/Eagles vs Phantasmo/Ishimori match was probably by favourite tag of the year. Well, thanks for hyping this to me, because I wasn't about to watch otherwise. Fucking incredible match, easy MOTYC to me (not that I'm keeping score or anything, but that just says how much I thought of this one). Ospreay vs Phantasmo is gonna kill everything at KOPW, most likely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMKK Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 It really didn't get enough buzz at all. I guess people have post-G1 fatigue plus a million other things happening in wrestling. But yeah, my favourite tag match of the year easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Migs Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 1 hour ago, FMKK said: It really didn't get enough buzz at all. I guess people have post-G1 fatigue plus a million other things happening in wrestling. But yeah, my favourite tag match of the year easily. Part of that, I think, is AEW locking up so many teams and not running many shows. It's certainly the best thing close to a straight tag match this year - the other matches in the conversation would be the two PPV Lucha Bros-Young Bucks matches, the Lucha Bros-LAX Full Metal Mayhem match, and the Briscoes-PCO/King street fight, only one of which even had tags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 I can't say the lineup released earlier this week blew me away, but I'm very excited to head to the Hammerstein show tonight. Tanahashi & RNR should be a blast, the main event has potential if everyone goes hard and the young lion matches look pretty fun as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 8 hours ago, FMKK said: It really didn't get enough buzz at all. I guess people have post-G1 fatigue plus a million other things happening in wrestling. Post G1 fatigue is the right way to put it for me. But I was wrong, because as always NJPW big matches are pretty much the state of the art. So I watched the other big stuff from the Destruction shows. KENTA vs Ibushi was very good, but I also am tired of the Bullet Club run-ins. Never liked that aspect of Gedo's booking. I recognize it works and is well done, but to me it's tired and was too americanized. KENTA is perfect in this role, because he's clearly not his old self physically. Goto vs Takagi was a great match, as Takagi is pretty much the perfect opponent for Goto. Then again, he looks like the best opponent for everyone. Perfect way to build Goto for the IC title match. And well, Naito vs White was also just great. White is so awesome at everything at this point. It's crazy how far he has come. He's also atotal heat magnet. Naito looked way better than in the G1 too, super crisp and healthy. That tag match was still the best match of these three shows. Incredible stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KawadaSmile Posted September 29, 2019 Report Share Posted September 29, 2019 So, uh... the NJPW show is not running so smoothly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted September 29, 2019 Report Share Posted September 29, 2019 That's some old school skullduggery right there. I'm not going to point any fingers but taking advantage of local regulations to get a rival show canceled is certainly a time honored carny move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss Rock Posted September 29, 2019 Report Share Posted September 29, 2019 I like KENTA in BC but I punted on the YOSHI-HASHI match just a few minutes in. It's a shame because HASHI has been know to overachieve in these types of matches, but this and the Sabre matches were disappointments. And as good as KENTA is as a heel, he's been pretty inconsistent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Jackson Posted September 29, 2019 Report Share Posted September 29, 2019 So did someone from WWE really call to cancel the show? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Migs Posted September 29, 2019 Report Share Posted September 29, 2019 2 hours ago, Boss Rock said: I like KENTA in BC but I punted on the YOSHI-HASHI match just a few minutes in. It's a shame because HASHI has been know to overachieve in these types of matches, but this and the Sabre matches were disappointments. And as good as KENTA is as a heel, he's been pretty inconsistent. It was not particularly good. They worked hard enough but it was paint by numbers stuff, nothing lost in skipping it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirEdger Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 6 hours ago, Ricky Jackson said: So did someone from WWE really call to cancel the show? I doubt it. Might be more a case of NJPW being unaware of state regulations and trying to save face in some way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 Apparently the ambulance company stated someone called them that morning and told them the show was cancelled so their services would no longer be needed. If NJPW wasn't aware of the regulations there wouldn't have been anything to cancel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KawadaSmile Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 14 hours ago, Ricky Jackson said: So did someone from WWE really call to cancel the show? Could literally be anyone. I don't think WWE would be that desperate, and there are other promotions with strained relationships with NJPW. Or it just could be a dickhead fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 It'll be interesting to see Tanahashi in an all-out brawl. The last one I remember him being in is the Yano match from the 2011 G1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted October 7, 2019 Report Share Posted October 7, 2019 I'm kind of worried they're building this match up into something they can't deliver with a no-blood policy. Still, it's Liger and Suzuki we're talking about. If it isn't at least the New Japan MOTY, it'll be a huge letdown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted October 13, 2019 Report Share Posted October 13, 2019 So KOPW is very much up in the air due to the typhoon. It'll be gone by the time the show is supposed to start, but there's a chance structural damage and lack of power will cause the show to be postponed. Too bad, because I was really looking forward to Liger/Suzuki. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted October 13, 2019 Report Share Posted October 13, 2019 On 10/7/2019 at 7:57 PM, NintendoLogic said: I'm kind of worried they're building this match up into something they can't deliver with a no-blood policy. Still, it's Liger and Suzuki we're talking about. If it isn't at least the New Japan MOTY, it'll be a huge letdown. Liger's retiring and Suzuki's a freelancer who's rumored to be leaving at some point. They might just say "fuck it" and go all Dustin Rhodes-Blacktop Bully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted October 13, 2019 Report Share Posted October 13, 2019 8 hours ago, NintendoLogic said: So KOPW is very much up in the air due to the typhoon. It'll be gone by the time the show is supposed to start, but there's a chance structural damage and lack of power will cause the show to be postponed. Too bad, because I was really looking forward to Liger/Suzuki. The Japan vs Scotland rugby match is taking place right now. So, hopefully the NJPW show is a go. If Japan gets eliminated, poor Taguchi is gonna be so sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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